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In 1890, the raw pulp wood material ex- 



Canadian ported from Canada amounted to $80,005 



Pidpwood of which $22,808 went to Great Britain and 



and $57,197 to the United States. By 1900, 



Pidp. this export amounted to $902,772 of which 



$38,370 went to Great Britain and $864,- 



•077 came to the United States. In 1909, the total had reached 



794,986 cords, valued at $4,356,391, practically all of which went 



to the United States. 



The wood pulp record is even more striking. In 1890 Canada 

 •exported $168,180 worth of pulp of which $460 went to Great 

 Britain and $147,098 to the United States. By 1890, this ex- 

 port reached $1,806,016 of which $562,178 went to Great Britain 

 and $1,193,753 to the United States. In 1909, the total pulpwood 

 export was $4,306,929. Great Britain received $1,084,720 and 

 the United States $3,064,879 while the remainder went to France, 

 Belgium, Mexico, Japan, Argentine Republic, Cuba and miscel- 

 laneous countries in the order named. 



Pulp and Paper, October, 1910. 



Spain is very sparsely timbered and de- 



Timher pends largely upon importations from Nor- 



Trade way, Sweden, France, Russia, Portugal and 



in the United States. The latest year for 



Spain, which statistics are available, 1908, shows 



the value of imported lumber and staves as 



$7,382,000 of which $1,515,000 worth came from the United 



States. The value of staves, shooks, etc., from this country 



amounted to $644,122 which is charged tariff at the low rate of 



2 cents per 100 lbs. Ordinary species in logs or pieces more 



than 40 millimeters thick are charged tariff at the rate of 5 



pesetas (96^ cents) per cubic meter which amounts to $2.29 per 



thousand board feet, while smaller material is charged 6 pesetas 



($1.16) per cubic meter or $2.75 per thousand. All American 



woods with the exception of walnut are classed as ordinary. 



High rates are charged on all manufactured material with the 



result that most of it is manufactured at home. 



Most of the lumber is imported by Madrid dealers, while Bar- 

 celona is the center for stave material. "American style" furni- 

 ture, especially for offices is becoming popular, but is mostly 



